After being confronted with a large number of objects via celestrak.com I saw T.S. Kelso his tweet on twitter where he is also trying to find out why there are so many object after the Falcon 9 v1.1 launch. “Trying … Continue reading
DANDE (Drag and Atmospheric Neutral Density Explorer) Mission DANDE’s mission statement is to explore the spatial and temporal variability of the neutral thermosphere at altitudes between 200 and 350 km (revised to 325-500 km due to being assigned to a … Continue reading
Dr. Chris Bridges (M0GKK) has requested that the ground stations that receive STRaND-1 telemetry to send there .kss files to strand.messages [at] gmail.com The following combination works great when you want to receive and decode the telemetry data: FUNcube Dongle Pro+, … Continue reading
Just last weekend at the Amsat-UK Collegium, I heard Dr. Chris Bridges say that it would probably be November before we would hear STRaND-1 again, in that period the satellite would go in eclipse causing the system to reset. But … Continue reading
I had a couple of nice ESTCube-1 passes this day and I gave it a try. I used my FUNcube Dongle Pro+, SDRSharp, DDE Plugin and SatPC32. To decode the signals I used my sound card modem setup. This gave me a … Continue reading
LES-1 (Lincoln Experimental Satellite) Mission LES 1 and 2 (Lincoln Experimental Satellite 1 and 2) were essentially identical experimental communication satellites. Both featured a single X-band transponder and an 8-horn electronically switched antenna. Additionally, attitude control and sensing experiments were … Continue reading